Player Info

Name Elliott
Age 27
Timezone EST
PB Jennifer Lawrence

Olivia Krylenko

"So there was this guy and he was out on the terrace and kept throwing bread crumbs to the ducks on the lawn, right? And I was on break so I was watching him and like, he ran out of bread crumbs and he just got up, said “I’m all out of bread, waddle you gonna do,” paid his bill and left.

I’m still laughing. I swear to god."
—Ojaye

Goofy and lighthearted, Olivia sees the best in the world around her even when it fails her. She's just here to have a good time and meet people. Olivia is a cat shifter and a young one at that, and while she's scatterbrained at best, she means well and she can cook any celebrity chef out of the kitchen.

Appearance In spite of her occasional flightiness, Olivia is always keen on looking presentable at the very least, not going outside in pyjamas or sweatpants. She doesn’t always put make up on because some days, she wakes up and just can’t be bothered. When she does wear make-up, it stays pretty simple and she’s gotten really good at eyeliner, but she really only does the same thing every time, something her friends say is boring.

After years of dyeing her hair all kinds of colours (some of the locals might remember her senior year when she thought having silver hair was cool; it wasn’t), she’s finally let it grow out these past few years and it’s back to her natural blonde colour. She prefers to have her hair long, but she didn’t mind when it was short. Like with her make-up, she doesn’t go over the top in styling it. There are absolutely no reserves in terms of patience for straightening it; in fact, she doesn’t even own a straightener. More often than not, it’s either down, pulled up into a ponytail (usually for work), or tied up in a knot that she calls a bun.

In terms of clothing, Olivia has collected a large number of eclectic things over time. She likes to look nice, and to that extent, she has a lot of nice looking dresses, blouses, etc. Most of her things are gifts from her family and friends, because, according to her mother, growing up in a house full of men gave her really horrible fashion sense. A lot of the things Olivia picks out for herself tend to be “quirky,” says her father or “Ojaye, why?” when assessed by her mother. Her favourite colours to wear are reds, oranges, yellows and greens. She’s seen enough blue in her life that she’s really done with the colour. Thanks, boys.

For someone who likes food as much as she does, it doesn’t show. To keep up with her older brothers, she learned and played all of the sports they did, even if she didn’t like some of them. Now, the only thing she really keeps up is running, which she does every morning around 8 am. She’s not very strong, but she has some tone and she’s healthy.

Though she was born in the Ukraine, Ojaye speaks fluent English with a Scottish accent (with a little Ukranian flavor sometimes) due to growing up in Glasgow through her entire childhood. She is, however, fluent in both Ukrainian and Russian and speaks with a perfect accent in both languages because they are technically her first languages.

Personality If you ask anyone, Olivia is known as a dreamer. She has all these ideas in her head, there are so many things she wants to do, so much so that she actually never does any of it. A lot of times, she’s trapped inside her own head and she goes in so many different directions that it’s really hard for her to come back to her center, and instead of picking one path, she ends up staying right where she started. But still, she keeps dreaming and part of her thinks that’s probably the only thing keeping her going at this point.

Olivia is afraid of failure even though she sets herself up for it. She doesn’t like seeing her parents being disappointed in her, doesn’t like the feeling to falling short. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t try; there are stacks of failed paintings and crappy poetry in her parents’ attic that’s a testament to that. No, Olivia sometimes tries too hard. She has no illusions of being perfect, but she always wants to give everything her best effort, even if she’s distractible.

She’s passionate, and moved, and maybe just a little brilliant but she lacks the motivation to stick with an idea and gets disheartened easily. If something doesn’t work, she loses hope and abandons a project instead of watching it fail because that would break her heart more. That doesn’t mean she’s not willing to put the work in, but she’s terrified to admit to possibly not being good enough, especially considering how smart and successful her sister is.

With her mind all over the board a lot, Olivia has the tendency to forget about things, and needs a lot of sticky notes and reminders to keep her on track. Her mother used to leave notes like that around the house for her (Did you bring your laundry down?… Empty the dishwasher!… Olivia, paper’s due on Friday. Do it now.) when she was growing up, and it’s a habit she’s never outgrown. Her little apartment is full of sticky notes and her phone’s notepad option is full too. While Olivia isn’t obsessed with her phone in the “must check Facebook” or “I have to tweet/instagram this,” she always has her phone on her because she’s scheduled the calendar to remind her of things — especially when to show up to work. If her phone’s going off, chances are it’s a reminder for something.

Her distractedness also makes her bubbly but leads to her having really strange conversations with people. She’s very friendly and approachable, but as a lot of people realise when they first meet her, she can start talking about the specials on the menu and then get into telling you about this one time on the subway without anyone really understanding how you got there.

Being an immigrant from the Ukraine, it was always a source of fascination for Olivia as she was growing up. Her grandparents and family on his side were still over in Ukraine, and she knows how to speak the language, but there’s a lot about her birthplace that she wants to know. One day, she hopes to visit her family there instead of just talking to them over Skype, but now, while the riots are happening, her parents are too afraid to let her go anywhere, and honestly, she’s too afraid to go too. Someday.

Sometimes Olivia is a little bit of a hermit, preferring to stay inside even though she’s always hyped up with energy. She has what she calls “bad days,” where her mind is racing and she starts feeling really anxious and doesn’t want to go out. On those days, she’ll usually stay inside by herself even though she doesn’t like being alone and just listen to the same song over and over or watching random things on Youtube. She doesn’t like people seeing her when she’s like that because she always feels really scared and weird. She likes people knowing her as the bubbly, friendly spaz.

Abilities

Animal Form

Like most of the shifters on her mother's side, Ojaye's shifted form is that of a Maine Coon. Her coloring is grey with a tawny shade mixed in, and like her human form, she possesses bright green eyes. Her coat is dense and water-resistant to better withstand bitter cold and her large paws help prevent her from sinking into snow. From nose to the end of her tail, she measures 46 inches, stands approximately 14 inches from paw to shoulder, and she weighs about 11 pounds. Because she is a born shifter, she experiences little, if any, pain when shifting and can do so at will with a confidence and control over this ability. Like all cats, she is extremely territorial and possesses an instinct to scent-mark her territory to warn other cats away.

Enhanced Condition

Like all shifters, she is stronger than humans and as a born shifter, stronger than a lot of her kind as well, along with being incredibly durable and able to withstand quite a beating. Ojaye's senses are slightly enhanced, scent more than the others. As a cat shifter, Ojaye also possesses an almost preternatural balance and ability, moreso in her cat form than her human one. She also possesses an accelerated healing though she is not invulnerable by any means.

Weaknesses

Silver

Deathly allergic to silver, even the lightest touch of it can leave a burning rash on her skin that heals slowly, even by human standards. Injuries made with silver can prove quickly fatal, especially if the silver is ingested or the weapon is stabbed through the skin. Silver will continue to poison her and damage her organs until it is completely removed.

Mortal Injuries

Despite her accelerated healing, mortal wounds such as decapitation, severe cervical spine damage, cranial damage, or wounds inflicted by silver can surpass her body's natural healing ability and kill her.

Friends & Alliances

Enemies & Rivals

History

Birth and Early Years

Maxim Krylenko met his wife Alaina while she was in the Ukraine during the production of the third reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant in 1981; Alaina was a consulting engineer on the project. While visiting Brovary on business, the two meet as he worked for the company they were arranged with. They were married in 1983. Their first child, Harrison, was born in 1984. (Two years later, the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant experienced a catastrophic meltdown and Olivia always jokes it was because of Harrison.) A year later in 1987, their second son, Lennon was born. Two years after that in 1989, Olivia would be born. Olivia was her mother’s excuse to not name her next child after one of the Beatles, though she almost fell for it again. Instead, her mother named her after her great grandmother and her father’s dreams of having a collection of Beatles-themed kids were dashed. (Except they weren't because George Harrison's wife's name was Olivia.)

They stayed in the Ukraine until Olivia was almost seven. The U.S.S.R. was coming to an end, and Alaina eventually took her family back to where she was from, Glasgow, Scotland, having never given up her citizenship. They all became UK citizens. Her father had wanted to retain his citizenship with the Ukraine, but dual citizenships are not legal or recognized and he renouced his citizenship with much heavy-heartedness.

Early Childhood

Seeing as her brothers were, in her opinion, idiots and unable to pronounce her name when she was a baby, Harrison had the brilliant idea to just call her by her initials. Thus, he started calling her O.J., and Lennon, being three at the time, thought she was made of orange juice. It look her parents a lot of time and effort to explain that no, babies aren’t made of juice, much to his dismay. (He wanted to be made of lemons.)

Both her brothers were always very athletic and outdoorsy, and most times, Olivia ended up getting lumped into what they were doing, or at least, she claimed it was against her will. In truth, she always loved going camping with her brothers or playing sports with them. If her friends asked, she would always say it was because she needed to make sure they didn’t kill themselves being idiots.

Olivia wasn’t the best in school, never quite finding what she really loved. As years passed and her brothers found what they wanted to do for the rest of their lives, Olivia was afraid she’d never figure out what her passion was. She tried science and was too afraid of the chemicals. Math gave her headaches and the occasional nausea. History put her to sleep. Her mother thought her painting of a cat was a mud puddle. It was safe to say that she tried a lot of things and pretty much found out that she sucked at all of them.

Young Adulthood & Culinary School

High school ticked on anyway and eventually, she ended up in the culinary class because it was literally the only thing she hadn’t tried yet. Soon, Olivia emerged as quite adept at mastering the skills required for the class, stepping up to be the head of the class. Her instructor started recommending her to look into working in the kitchen of the local diner or restaurant while she was still in school, advising her to look into culinary school in the future.

Though she thought she found her calling, her father wanted her to follow a “better” path, one that would make her more money. While her mother wasn’t in love with the idea of her daughter wanting to be a chef, she was supportive, enough so that she helped her apply to Le Cordon Bleu in London when her father thought she was applying to the University of West London. When the acceptance letter for culinary school came in, it was the first time her parents ever fought about anything where Olivia was aware of it. After about a month of silent fuming, her father eventually calmed down enough to see that neither his wife nor Olivia were going to back down. His only stipulation for her going was that she took more than cooking; that she take classes in business management and the like. She agreed.

And so, for the first time in her life, Olivia left Scotland and it was terrifying. She’d barely left her hometown, and now she was going to live in an entirely different state for school. At first, she was borderline depressed, missing her parents and her friends, but mostly her brothers. Over time, she made friends and her classes picked up and soon, she didn’t even want to come home. Olivia graduated from the culinary institute with his recommendations, but when the time came to find a real job, her nervousness and fear of failure really set in.

First Adventure into real Adulthood

All her friends moved on, getting jobs back where they were from or moving away with boyfriends they met while in school. Olivia, meanwhile, found herself just trying to do her best to survive in London. She left the campus to live in a small studio flat in Balham after quitting her job as a line chef in a restaurant in the heart of the city.

For about half a year, Olivia worked as a waitress at the Assenheims 56 because she botched up the application for kitchen staff and ended up as waitstaff, then she sort of forgot to reapply. In fact, that application sat underneath a pile of other papers in her bedroom that one day she might have found and actually filled out.

Eventually, homesickness got the best of her and she moved back to Scotland where she got a new job as a line cook and lived out of a converted apartment that used to be her parents' garage. She was a little happier now that she was closer to home, but she felt like she was stuck and not reaching her goal of being the head chef of a restaurant... or owning one like her father wanted.

All of the money that Ojaye made, though, she painstakingly saved. That, along with the money her parents had saved up for a wedding eventually turned into a restaurant fund.

The Cat's Meow to Current

Basically crossing her fingers and hoping for the best, Olivia took what little she owned and moved overseas to the Americas, thinking she would have a better chance of starting a business there than anywhere else. The Land of Dreams, right? (She also knew her mother's brother lived over there and she always liked him, so she had a back up plan if things blew up in her face...)

Settling in Maine, she got a really small apartment near Portland and spent a lot of her time going into the city trying to make connections. If there was a food-related event, she was there. If there was a competition, she enrolled in it. Convensions? Sold. Olivia stretched herself thin, all the while somehow managing to work as a waitress at one small diner, a line cook at another, and a part-time cook at a local bar, Pandora's. She was stressed and felt like she was greying much earlier than anticipated, but being that busy made her happy. It didn't give her time to mope or be sad. There wasn't room in the schedule for that.

At one of her many food-related gatherings, she met Ana Sofia Morales and she was instantly drawn to her. A fellow cat shifter and foodie, she felt like they were basically made to be friends and eventually she opened up the idea of going into business together. All the money she saved up then went into help buying and renovating an old diner into a cozy, high-class restaurant with a friendly atmosphere that the girls named The Cat's Meow. When the business finally started to make a profit, Olivia quit her other jobs except for the one at Pandora's.

Finally a head chef and owner of her own restaurant, Olivia finally felt like she was making herself and her parents proud.

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